Green Day 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival Performance by Green Day Lyrics
(American Idiot)
[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't wanna nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America
Wow!
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Las Vegas!
[Verse 2]
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now еverybody do the fuckin' Mormon
And sing along to the agе of paranoia
Vegas!
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Let's go fucking crazy!
[Guitar Solo]
[Spoken Interlude]
Stand up, you lazy motherfuckers!
This is fucking Las Vegas!
Everybody get your ass up!
Get your ass up, Las Vegas!
This ain't fucking Reno, it's Las Vegas!
Hey! Hey!
If you want to storm the aisle, please do
This is fucking Las Vegas, it's fucking Sin City, you fucking motherfuckers
There's a lot of fucking pop shit that's fucking coming your fucking way
But I'll fucking tell you motherfuckers something...
We ain't come here to fucking pray to fucking God, I'll tell you that right now
We fucking come here to fucking love!
We come here to sin!
We come here to live, get your fucking hands up in the air!
[Bridge]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteri— Go!
[Chrous]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Las Vegas!
Argh!
(Holiday)
[Spoken Intro]
Do you wanna start a fucking war?
[Verse 1]
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame, the ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday!
[Verse 2]
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find the money's on the other side
Begin!
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday! (Hey!)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Get your fucking lazy hands up in the air!
Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass, and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just 'cause (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Just 'cause (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Because we're outlaws, yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday!
Las Vegas!
(Fuck Time)
[Spoken Intro]
You guys wanna hear a dirty fucking song right now?
Wha...?
One, two, three!
Ahhh...
This song is called "It's Fuck Time!"
[Verse 1]
Oh, drop your laundry, and slam the door
I want your love, so give me more
I’m a beggar, but I don’t want a dime
Ahhh...
[Chorus]
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
You know I really wanna make you mine
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
There’s nothing left to say, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna hold you 'til I'm paralyzed
Wow!
Oh yeah!
[Verse 2]
Oh, Amanda Jones, your holy grace
I wanna choke you 'til you're blue in the face
Got dirty thoughts and a dirty mind
Ahhh...
[Chorus]
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
You know I really wanna make you mine
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
There’s nothing left to say, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed
Wow!
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna fuck you, you fucking Rihanna. (I wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed)
Ahhh!
(Longview)
[Verse 1]
I sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on
I change the channels for an hour or two
Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit
I'm sick of all the same old shit
In a house with unlocked doors, and I'm fuckin' lazy
[Chorus]
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind
And I smell like shit
Cha
[Spoken Interlude]
You know when there's a fucking Sox fan right here
I fucking hate this shit
Here, you fucking hold this thing
Hold this, I'm coming down there
Right, hold on, hold on to me, goddammit
I'm gonna fucking...die
[Verse 2]
Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving
I sure as hell can't do it... (By myself!)
Alright!
I'm feeling like a dog in heat
Barred indoors from the summer street
I locked the door to my own cell and I lost the key
[Bridge]
I got no motivation
Where is my motivation?
No time for motivation
Smoking my inspiration, hwoo!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[Verse 3]
I sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic, call me what you will (We will!)
Get up, you motherfucker!
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got
Go!
[Chorus]
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind
And loneliness has to suffice
Bite my lip and close my eyes
I'm slipping away to paradise
Some say quit or I'll go blind
But it's just a myth, yeah
[Spoken Interlude]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Come here, you wanna be-- I'll dance with you
Come here, I'll dance with you
Oh, come here, no no no, you, I wanna dance with you
Come here, come on, come on, come on out
I dance real good
No-no, I'm a sweet dancer, look at me
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, I swear to God
I'm really good on the first date
I'm really good on the first date
She won't do it?
Yeah, she won't do it?
S-she won't do it?
How about you?
Alright. I-I- Okay, how about you?
How about you, okay? I-I...
I'll be really naughty on the first date with you
Come here, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come here
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
(Oh Love)
[Verse 1]
Oh love, oh love, won't you rain on me tonight?
Oh life, oh life, please don't pass me by
Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop when the red lights flash
Oh ride, free ride, won't you take me close to you?
Get your hands up in the air!
[Chorus]
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
[Verse 2]
Oh lights and action, I just can't be satisfied
Oh losers and choosers, won't you please hold on my life?
Oh hours, and hours, like the dog years of the day
Get those hands up!
Old story, same old story, won't you see the light of day?
[Chorus]
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Get those fists in the air!
[Bridge]
Talk myself out of feeling, talk my way out of control
Talk myself out of falling in love, falling in love with Las Vegas!
[Guitar Solo]
[Spoken Interlude]
Get those hands up!
They say we got nine minutes left
I say fucking boo to that fucking bullshit
You want a fucking rock show, Las Vegas?
I say scream your fucking asses all fine!
Get 'em up!
[Verse 3]
Oh love, oh love, won't you rain on me tonight?
Oh ride, free ride, won't you take me close to you?
[Chorus]
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Tonight my heart's on the loose!
(St. Jimmy)
[Spoken Interlude]
Man, fuck this shit!
Here, take this, you guys take this, take this, take this, this belongs to you now
Are you ready, Las Vegas?
Get your hands up in the air!
One! Two! One, two, one-two-three-four...
[Intro]
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway
Up on the boulevard like a zip gun on parade
Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate
Coming at you on the count of one, two...
[Verse 1]
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
Suicide commando that your momma talked about
King of the forty thieves, and I'm here to represent
The needle in the vein of the establishment
[Chorus]
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
[Verse 2]
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope
I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allan Poe
Raised in the city in the halo of lights
The product of war and fear that we've been victimized
[Chorus]
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
[Bridge]
Are you talking to me?
Ahhh!
Get your hands up!
St. Jimmy!
'Ow!
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, let's go!
[Breakdown]
My name is St. Jimmy, I'm a son of a gun
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
I'm the one that's from the way outside, now
A teenage assassin executing some fun
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
In the cult of the life of crime, now
I really hate to say it, but I told you so
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down, ol' boy
Welcome to the club and give me some blood
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
I'm the resident leader...
Get your hands up!
[Outro]
It's comedy and tragedy
It's St. Jimmy, and that's my name
And don't you fucking wear it out!
[Spoken Interlude]
Jesus Christ, we've got four fucking minutes left?
The fuck am I gonna do with four fucking minutes?
Yeah, I'll bring your fucking Usher back up here, goddammit
They give ya a fucking minute per fucking song
I've been around for fucking twenty-five years, Las Vegas
I got at least one minute per fucking song, I'll tell you that right now
I'll tell you one thing
I'll say Julio César Chávez has got one fucking minute to knock out fucking... fucking, some motherfucker from fucking Argentina, I'll tell you that
(Basket Case)
[Verse 1]
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once?
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Deurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
Everybody!
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes, I give myself the creeps
Sometimes, my mind plays tricks on me
[Chorus]
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Las Vegas!
[Verse 2]
And I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
And I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes, I give myself the creeps
Sometimes, my mind plays tricks on me
[Chorus]
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Las Vegas, get your fucking hands together!
[Bridge]
Grasping to...
Ah, fuck this shit
I'm gonna play a fucking new song, fuck this shit
[Spoken Interlude]
Give me a fucking break, one minute left
One minute fucking left
You're gonna give me fucking one minute?
The-there, look at that fucking sign right there
'One minute!'
Let me fucking tell you something, let me tell you something
I've been around since fucking 198-fucking-8
And you're gonna give me one fucking minute?
You gonna be fucking kidding me!
You're fucking kidding me
What the fuck?
I'm not fucking Justin Beiber, you motherfuckers!
You've gotta be fucking joking
This is a fucking joke!
I got one minute, one minute left...
Oh, now I got nothing left
Now I got nothing left
Let me show you what one fucking minute fucking means!
One minute!
God, fucking love you all
We'll be back
[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't wanna nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America
Wow!
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Las Vegas!
[Verse 2]
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now еverybody do the fuckin' Mormon
And sing along to the agе of paranoia
Vegas!
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Let's go fucking crazy!
[Guitar Solo]
[Spoken Interlude]
Stand up, you lazy motherfuckers!
This is fucking Las Vegas!
Everybody get your ass up!
Get your ass up, Las Vegas!
This ain't fucking Reno, it's Las Vegas!
Hey! Hey!
If you want to storm the aisle, please do
This is fucking Las Vegas, it's fucking Sin City, you fucking motherfuckers
There's a lot of fucking pop shit that's fucking coming your fucking way
But I'll fucking tell you motherfuckers something...
We ain't come here to fucking pray to fucking God, I'll tell you that right now
We fucking come here to fucking love!
We come here to sin!
We come here to live, get your fucking hands up in the air!
[Bridge]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteri— Go!
[Chrous]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Las Vegas!
Argh!
(Holiday)
[Spoken Intro]
Do you wanna start a fucking war?
[Verse 1]
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame, the ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday!
[Verse 2]
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find the money's on the other side
Begin!
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday! (Hey!)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Get your fucking lazy hands up in the air!
Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass, and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just 'cause (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Just 'cause (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Because we're outlaws, yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday!
Las Vegas!
(Fuck Time)
[Spoken Intro]
You guys wanna hear a dirty fucking song right now?
Wha...?
One, two, three!
Ahhh...
This song is called "It's Fuck Time!"
[Verse 1]
Oh, drop your laundry, and slam the door
I want your love, so give me more
I’m a beggar, but I don’t want a dime
Ahhh...
[Chorus]
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
You know I really wanna make you mine
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
There’s nothing left to say, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna hold you 'til I'm paralyzed
Wow!
Oh yeah!
[Verse 2]
Oh, Amanda Jones, your holy grace
I wanna choke you 'til you're blue in the face
Got dirty thoughts and a dirty mind
Ahhh...
[Chorus]
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
You know I really wanna make you mine
Oh, baby, baby, it's fuck time
There’s nothing left to say, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed
Wow!
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed
Take a look into my eyes
I wanna fuck you, you fucking Rihanna. (I wanna hold you 'til you're paralyzed)
Ahhh!
(Longview)
[Verse 1]
I sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on
I change the channels for an hour or two
Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit
I'm sick of all the same old shit
In a house with unlocked doors, and I'm fuckin' lazy
[Chorus]
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind
And I smell like shit
Cha
[Spoken Interlude]
You know when there's a fucking Sox fan right here
I fucking hate this shit
Here, you fucking hold this thing
Hold this, I'm coming down there
Right, hold on, hold on to me, goddammit
I'm gonna fucking...die
[Verse 2]
Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving
I sure as hell can't do it... (By myself!)
Alright!
I'm feeling like a dog in heat
Barred indoors from the summer street
I locked the door to my own cell and I lost the key
[Bridge]
I got no motivation
Where is my motivation?
No time for motivation
Smoking my inspiration, hwoo!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[Verse 3]
I sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic, call me what you will (We will!)
Get up, you motherfucker!
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got
Go!
[Chorus]
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind
And loneliness has to suffice
Bite my lip and close my eyes
I'm slipping away to paradise
Some say quit or I'll go blind
But it's just a myth, yeah
[Spoken Interlude]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Come here, you wanna be-- I'll dance with you
Come here, I'll dance with you
Oh, come here, no no no, you, I wanna dance with you
Come here, come on, come on, come on out
I dance real good
No-no, I'm a sweet dancer, look at me
Come on now, come on now
Come on now, I swear to God
I'm really good on the first date
I'm really good on the first date
She won't do it?
Yeah, she won't do it?
S-she won't do it?
How about you?
Alright. I-I- Okay, how about you?
How about you, okay? I-I...
I'll be really naughty on the first date with you
Come here, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come here
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
(Oh Love)
[Verse 1]
Oh love, oh love, won't you rain on me tonight?
Oh life, oh life, please don't pass me by
Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop when the red lights flash
Oh ride, free ride, won't you take me close to you?
Get your hands up in the air!
[Chorus]
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
[Verse 2]
Oh lights and action, I just can't be satisfied
Oh losers and choosers, won't you please hold on my life?
Oh hours, and hours, like the dog years of the day
Get those hands up!
Old story, same old story, won't you see the light of day?
[Chorus]
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Get those fists in the air!
[Bridge]
Talk myself out of feeling, talk my way out of control
Talk myself out of falling in love, falling in love with Las Vegas!
[Guitar Solo]
[Spoken Interlude]
Get those hands up!
They say we got nine minutes left
I say fucking boo to that fucking bullshit
You want a fucking rock show, Las Vegas?
I say scream your fucking asses all fine!
Get 'em up!
[Verse 3]
Oh love, oh love, won't you rain on me tonight?
Oh ride, free ride, won't you take me close to you?
[Chorus]
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
I'm wearing my heart on a noose
Far away, far away, waste away tonight
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Tonight my heart's on the loose
Tonight my heart's on the loose!
(St. Jimmy)
[Spoken Interlude]
Man, fuck this shit!
Here, take this, you guys take this, take this, take this, this belongs to you now
Are you ready, Las Vegas?
Get your hands up in the air!
One! Two! One, two, one-two-three-four...
[Intro]
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway
Up on the boulevard like a zip gun on parade
Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate
Coming at you on the count of one, two...
[Verse 1]
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
Suicide commando that your momma talked about
King of the forty thieves, and I'm here to represent
The needle in the vein of the establishment
[Chorus]
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
[Verse 2]
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope
I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allan Poe
Raised in the city in the halo of lights
The product of war and fear that we've been victimized
[Chorus]
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
[Bridge]
Are you talking to me?
Ahhh!
Get your hands up!
St. Jimmy!
'Ow!
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, let's go!
[Breakdown]
My name is St. Jimmy, I'm a son of a gun
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
I'm the one that's from the way outside, now
A teenage assassin executing some fun
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
In the cult of the life of crime, now
I really hate to say it, but I told you so
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down, ol' boy
Welcome to the club and give me some blood
(Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, St. Jimmy)
I'm the resident leader...
Get your hands up!
[Outro]
It's comedy and tragedy
It's St. Jimmy, and that's my name
And don't you fucking wear it out!
[Spoken Interlude]
Jesus Christ, we've got four fucking minutes left?
The fuck am I gonna do with four fucking minutes?
Yeah, I'll bring your fucking Usher back up here, goddammit
They give ya a fucking minute per fucking song
I've been around for fucking twenty-five years, Las Vegas
I got at least one minute per fucking song, I'll tell you that right now
I'll tell you one thing
I'll say Julio César Chávez has got one fucking minute to knock out fucking... fucking, some motherfucker from fucking Argentina, I'll tell you that
(Basket Case)
[Verse 1]
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once?
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Deurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
Everybody!
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes, I give myself the creeps
Sometimes, my mind plays tricks on me
[Chorus]
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Las Vegas!
[Verse 2]
And I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
And I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes, I give myself the creeps
Sometimes, my mind plays tricks on me
[Chorus]
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Las Vegas, get your fucking hands together!
[Bridge]
Grasping to...
Ah, fuck this shit
I'm gonna play a fucking new song, fuck this shit
[Spoken Interlude]
Give me a fucking break, one minute left
One minute fucking left
You're gonna give me fucking one minute?
The-there, look at that fucking sign right there
'One minute!'
Let me fucking tell you something, let me tell you something
I've been around since fucking 198-fucking-8
And you're gonna give me one fucking minute?
You gonna be fucking kidding me!
You're fucking kidding me
What the fuck?
I'm not fucking Justin Beiber, you motherfuckers!
You've gotta be fucking joking
This is a fucking joke!
I got one minute, one minute left...
Oh, now I got nothing left
Now I got nothing left
Let me show you what one fucking minute fucking means!
One minute!
God, fucking love you all
We'll be back